What a Wonderful Window

A window opened over Estonian, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese and Turkish schools

This is the window where / The voices of our childhood meet

This is the window where / A kingdom of tenderness and tolerance begins

And together, holding hands, / We build

An alfabeth of peace and hope (Domingos Santos)

Friday, December 16, 2005

Christmas Time (Italy)

We are a twenty students from the Primary school in Bagheria, we are 3rd class, we are eight year old.
As it is tradition we were making "Presepe"in our school and in our home too.
Usually it consist of figurines, in clay or plaster, of the infant Jesus, Mary and Joseph. An ox and ass are nearby because legend has it that they warmed the child with their breath. It is around this basic focal point that individual artisans create their own intricate landscapes. There may be grottoes, small trees, lakes, rivers, the lights of "Bethlehem" in the background, angels hung from wires,
Natale, the Italian word for Christmas, is the translation for "birthday." Who was born? Jesus of course!
We have made a particular "presepe" with fruit juice's bottle (it is the body of figurines)




Another one was making with a particular "sky" there are a lot of stars which bring our words of peace and love


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